I had an amazing time performing in Shanghai, China.
More about that in a moment, but first I want to urge you to see Amazing Grace this weekend.
The film tells how William Wilberforce helped move Parliament to abolish the British slave trade. It opens across the US tonight, the 200th anniversary of that historic movement.
There was a good review of Amazing Grace in this morning's New York Times: The Imperfect Soul Who Helped Bring an End to the Slave Trade.
I was so blown away by the preview, I couldn't sleep that night so I wrote a review: Can one film change the world?
Now that you've made definite plans to see Amazing Grace we're off to China.
I was able to perform Beyond the Chariots twice in Shanghai, and during one performance there were 100 more people than we expected. As you can see from the photo, they ran out of chairs and kids sat in front of the first row. It greatly encouraged me in terms of possibilities for the Beijing Olympics.
Two articles came out in Shanghai newspapers about the play: The Shanghai Daily (The Flying Scotsman's China days) and The Shanghai Star (Olympic champion inspires one-man play).
I was so blown away by the preview, I couldn't sleep that night so I wrote a review: Can one film change the world?
Now that you've made definite plans to see Amazing Grace we're off to China.I was able to perform Beyond the Chariots twice in Shanghai, and during one performance there were 100 more people than we expected. As you can see from the photo, they ran out of chairs and kids sat in front of the first row. It greatly encouraged me in terms of possibilities for the Beijing Olympics.
Two articles came out in Shanghai newspapers about the play: The Shanghai Daily (The Flying Scotsman's China days) and The Shanghai Star (Olympic champion inspires one-man play).
